IMA2015-107 = Zincobotryogen (Status changed) (no replies)
See http://www.mindat.org/min-4411.html.
View ArticleIMA2015-108 = philoxenite (no replies)
K-Na-Ca-Fe(Pb,Cu) sulfate; see http://www.mindat.org/min-47599.html.
View ArticleIMA2015-109 = marcobaldiite (no replies)
New Pb sulphosalt. See http://www.mindat.org/min-47600.html.
View ArticleIMA2015-113 = borisenkoite (no replies)
New Cu vanadate; see http://www.mindat.org/min-47603.html.
View ArticleIMA2015-116 = spryite (no replies)
An interesting Ag sulfosalt with two As valencies → http://www.mindat.org/min-47607.html.
View ArticleIMA2015-117 = zincoberaunite (no replies)
The Zn-analogue site is now available at http://www.mindat.org/min-47608.html.
View ArticleIMA2015-118 = eleomelanite (no replies)
K-Pb-Cu-oxysulfate, http://www.mindat.org/min-47609.html.
View ArticleArticle on kalgoorlieite (IMA 2015-119) (no replies)
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/kalgoorlieite-new-mineral-discovered-in-kalgoorlie-by-curtin-university-academic-20160426-goffo5.html
View ArticleNew minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in February and March...
New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2016IMA No. 2015–089VerbieriteBeCr3+2TiO6Savoleyres, north of Verbier, Wallis,...
View ArticleParabariomicrolite discredited (no replies)
= hydrokenomicrolite-3R; status on the mineral site changed.
View ArticleParabariomicrolite discredited (no replies)
= hydrokenomicrolite-3R; status on the mineral site changed.
View ArticleFluor-schorl: now finally published (no replies)
Many further localities were confirmed after the approval.(PDF is available on request - send PM or email.)Ertl, A., Kolitsch, U., Dyar, M.D., Meyer, H.-P., Rossman, G.R., Henry, D.J., Prem, M.,...
View ArticleNew Ga-dominant unnamed species (2 replies)
I've found an interesting abstract on a Ga-dominant member of epidote group, just added to the database: http://www.mindat.org/min-47652.html. It is associated, i.a., with a Ga-rich allanite-(Ce) (see...
View ArticleIMA 2014-046 = raisaite (1 reply)
Reference:▪ Pekov, I.V., Vlasov, E.A., Zubkova, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Chukanov, N.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Lykova, I.S., Apletalin, A.V., Zolotarev, A.A., Puschcharovsky, D.Y. (2016): Raisaite,...
View ArticleIMA 2015-038 = grundmannite (1 reply)
Reference:▪ Förster, H.-J., Bindi, L., Stanley, C.J. (2016): Grundmannite, CuBiSe2, the Se-analogue of emplectite, a new mineral from the El Dragon mine, Potosi, Bolivia. European Journal of...
View ArticleIMA 2015-026 = alfredopetrovite (4 replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Nash, B.P., Thorne, B., Favreau, G. (2016): Alfredopetrovite, a new selenite mineral from the El Dragón mine, Bolivia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28,...
View ArticleIMA 2013-012 = cairncrossite (2 replies)
Reference:▪ Giester, G., Lengauer, C.L., Pristacz, H., Rieck, B., Topa, D., von Bezing, K.-L. (2016): Cairncrossite, a new phyllosilicate from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa....
View ArticleIMA 2014-008 = wernerkrauseite (2 replies)
Reference:▪ Galuskin, E.V., Krüger, B., Krüger, H., Blass, G., Widmer, R., Galuskina, I.O. (2016): Wernerkrauseite, CaFe3+2Mn4+O6 - the first non-stoichiometric post-spinel mineral, from Bellerberg...
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